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attached SB NEWS @ WW $VK1WIA090614 ALWAYS ENSURE ORIGINAL BID # AND TITLE ARE USED. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Oh... and to contact us with your news because email nationaln...@wia.org.au Please.. write your story as you would expect to hear it being read back --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- WIANEWS for week commencing June 14 2009 sees the WIA Hosting a Sydney ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Band 135.7 - 137.8 kHz Now Available to Advanced Licensees Who Apply After an exchange of letters, the ACMA has advised the WIA that any amateur Amateur operation in that band is subject to a maximum radiated power of1 Watt (e.i.r.p.). Application for a variation of licence to allow use on the new LF band should ACMA amended the Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan in January to allow The WIA suggested that as each Advanced amateur licence became due for renewal However, ACMA will include the necessary conditions as a variation to each WIA Hosts Sydney Repeater Builders' Forum Our first item today , it has just come to light that a very important The forum was organised by the WIA to formulate options for addressing Not surprisingly, just like the commercial radiocommunications industry, The forum was kicked off with a presentation from the two Peters on the The last meeting to discussion these sorts or issues was in Albury/Wodonga RSS AND THE WIA Also moving on is the WIA News Broadcast with audio and text now available as What does all this RSS stuff and subscribing to RSS mean? Well in very simple terms it means that you or your computer can VK100 AND COUNTING Yes the Centenary year is now less than six months away. The Chairman of the Centenary Committee, David Wardlaw VK3ADW has given me an There is far too much to cover in one session so I will start with the The first is to mark the date and site of the original meeting of the This meeting was at the Australia Hotel Sydney. The hotel was pulled down in The plan is to have a static display at the centre with celebrations initiated The other major event will be held at the same time as the Annual General I should also mention now that all affiliated clubs are invited to hold I will have more in another session but meanwhile, WIA members and clubs with 70 YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG - VK3KS Marilyn VK3DMS tells us that last weekend more than 36 amateurs celebrated an 70 years ago on the 6th of June 1939 Mavis VK3KS obtained the callsign VK3KS, Mavis first heard about amateur radio in 1936 when her future OM Ivor VK3XB, Her first QSO was with Les VK3XF and her second with Ivor VK3XB, her future However she and Ivor were married in 1943, and in 1947 moved to Melbourne, In 1953 Ivor became the Victorian Outwards QSL Officer and was ably assisted She belongs to the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, American and Japanese Mavis was one of the founding members of ALARA in 1975, and was made a She served on the ALARA committee from its beginnings until 1991. Today alas Ivor is no longer with her, but she continues to operate CW from Last Saturday a special lunch was held at which Mavis was presented with a Congratulations and best wishes Mavis. HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. The Sherbrooke Community Radio Club has a tradition in the education field, Further details may be found at vk3kid.cloud.prohosting.com VK4 The Far North and North Queensland Amateur Radio Gathering happened Those attending had a lot of fun, some great yarns, some great food cooked The Communications Van was put to good use with a relaxed operation in the Saturday Night saw the running of the TREC Trivia Challenge with consummate The next FNNQARG ! will be happening at Cardwell Village Beachcomber Resort VK7 Cradle Coast Amateur Radio Club (CCARC) - Formerly NWTARIG NWTARIG has held a special general meeting with a focus to move towardsincorporation. The end result was that 3 main motions were unanimously passed by all members 1 - The club is now renamed to the "CRADLE COAST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB", 2 - The members voted to proceed with incorporation. This move offers the club 3 - The members voted to adopt a new set of rules base on the current EDUCATION YOUTH AND ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR RADIOwww.hamcollege.com.au REAST Education and Training There will be on Tuesday 16th June an examination session for the Advanced There will also be a foundation training and practical assessment session on Anyone interested in participating in a Standard training course for about Reg VK7KK can be contacted on mobile: 0417 391 607 or http://reast.asn.au/events.php#FoundationLicenceCourse (Reg, VK7KK, REAST Education Officer and Assessor) NASA Selects Student's Entry as New Mars Rover Name NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, has a A NASA panel selected the name following a nationwide student contest that "Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone's mind. It makes The Mars Science Laboratory project is managed by JPL for NASA's Science For more information about the mission and the contest winner, visit: INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to RSGB, Southgate AR Club, the ARRL, SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO AMATEUR EXAMINATION CANDIDATES JUBILANT The wait is over and for 98 candidates of the 125 who entered and passed the SOUTH AFRICA Government Gazette 32316 gives South African Radio Amateurs access to 7100to 7200 Khz. An error in the ZR allocation on 20 metres has also been corrected, they now ALGERIA The Algerian Association of Amateur Radio and the Radio Club of Djelfa are This Djelfa Radio Club will be QRV as 7U2ISM from June 16 to July 6 during QSL via operators' instructions. 7X2DD will be QRV too, however only this week, June 15 - 21 The venue is the city of Djelfa. UNITED KINGDOM A week or so back we brought you the tragic news of the death of G7PMZ Now as the story unfolds we learn that the Daily Mail is reporting how Read the Daily Mail article at www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1190901/Mike-Athertons-brother-arres... UNITED KINGDOM RSGB elects a new President At the May meeting of the RSGB National Council, the council elected David currently holds the Emerging Technologies and RSGB Convention IRELAND Ireland is issuing its hams lifetime licenses. Most licensees in Ireland by now have received letters from the regulator These letters reportedly came as a surprise to all as the documentation published by ComReg about the lifetime license was in the context of According to the Irish Radio Transmitters Society, a meeting on May 16th USA Members of the Voice of Idaho Radio Club have been working near Bogus Basin, On Saturday, as an electrical storm moved in - lightning struck, injuring oneman. Tim Rynearson is a member of the club, but didn't go up this weekend. Rynearson says he and several members of his club are weather spotters for He also said that where his friends were working is exactly the place they Read the full story from KTVB.COM at Www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jun0709-lightning_strike.5b85191b .html OPERATIONAL NEWS - SPECIAL EVENTS AND ON AIR CONTEST COLUMN - D A T E L I N E 2009 JUN 20 - 21 MUSEUMS WEEKEND PART a JUL 04 NZART MEMORIAL CONTEST 80M AUG 15 - 16 WIA Remembrance Day ContestAUG 15 - 16 ILLW Running till Dec 31 2009 is the 4th CQ DX Marathon SPECIAL EVENTS AND ON AIR CONTEST COLUMN - D A T E L I N E 2010 March 21-22 John Moyle Field Day Gavin, VK7VTX in Northern Tasmania, is going to be operating a "museum of the Since this is a world-wide event, there should be lots of interest. Gavin would like to get as many contacts as possible for the event, and any QSL cards go VK7VTX, care of Gavin Barnes, Lady Barron Post Office,Flinders Island 7255. SPECIAL EGYPTIAN LIGHTHOUSE OPERATION SU1SK, and several other Egyptian operators will be active as SU8LH. BEACON DX AND NET ADVICE GB 40 WAB 40th anniversary of the WAB Till Dec 31 HG 160 FNY Commemorates 1848 attack on Hungary International Museums Weekend(s) 20 and 21 plus 27 and June 28 OZ 1658 ROS 350th anniversary of the Treaty of Roskilde Till Dec 31 VARIOUS SM STATIONS USING 1658 (Treaty of Roskilde) Till Dec 31 VP 9 400 /home call 400th Anniversary of Bermuda Till Dec 31 DRIVE TIME VK Nobody to talk to on the way home from work, Why not log into the Australian Cheers and talk to you there, this is Paul VK2EX INTRUDER WATCH - ENFORCEMENT ZONE Region III IARUMS Coordinator B.L.Manohar (Arasu) VU2UR IARU Monitoring System International Coordinator:- Len Martinson, ZL1BYA, is Monitoring Service co-ordinator for the NZART.Lenm...@clear.net.nz VK National Coordinator Karl Hennig VK6XW intrud...@wia.org.au VK IARUMS reflector email to subscribe intrud...@wia.org.au VK Coordinators for I.A.R.U.M.S. IARUMS NETS Amateur exclusive frequencies where any non-amateur signal is definitely anintruder. Exclusive amateur only spectrum world wide7.050 to 7.100 Radio Ethiopia interference on 40m If you regularly listen into the new 7,100 - 7,200kHz range in the Starting at 16.30 GMT and lasting about one hour, you will find on Ethiopia also regularly jams other transmissions in Amharic, for MEDIA WATCH Amateur Radio PreviewsJune 2009 Amateur Radio, your favourite magazine, will hit the news-stands next week. One of the hottest topics a few months ago was the complicated call-sign He is only 11 years old but he has qualified for a Foundation licence!! We The WIA AGM and Open Forum are reported on page 24 by President Michael Owen If you enjoyed the fine AMSAT column by David Giles VK5DG last month, all page 48 for a continuation of this good stuff. Learn about circular Compiled by: Tom Potter VK3UBS WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ATV (Every pixel tells a story) DATV VK3RTV test success The digital test transmission from Mt Dandenong east of Melbourne June 7 went The tongues are talking, the cash registers a Ker-Ching-Ing with set top box The historic test transmission on Sunday the 7th of June resulted in reports The driving force behind VK3RTV since it began in 1977, Peter Cossins VK3BFG, Congratulations on the test came from amateur television operators and groups Major funding for the project is from the VK3RTV repeater licensee, Amateur Further work on the project is underway. Another test transmission is being A more detailed story can be found on the Amateur Radio Victoria website I'm Barry Robinson VK3PV and you're listening to VK1WIA. The test, using German made commercial quality DVT-B standard digital The arrival of digital amateur television is an outstanding achievement, Commonly used to pick-up the signal was a domestic set-top box (STB) tuned to The digital signal was reduced to 2-watts and still received by many, but WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- DIGITAL The National D-Star Team tell us that the Shepparton and District Amateur Testing the viability of setting up D-Star in the Northern Victoria Club, Toby said it's a real sunspot buster, Matt M3PPU and Dick G4HHX from The repeater VK3RWW gave mobile and base coverage to northern areas like The Shepparton and District Amateur Club have keenly voted to purchase a new WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK UNOFFICIAL HF Net. SUMBANDILASAT ON ITS WAY TO THE LAUNCH SITE South Africa's SumbandilaSat is on its way to Russia. The satellite left last week and is expected to arrive on 10 July in Moscow. It will be shipped to Baikonur on 17 July for integration onto the Soyuzlaunch vehicle. The launch window is between July and August 2009. 29 to 24 MHz satellite transponder proposed Bob WB4APR, who led the development of a number of successful Amateur Radio Bob is also well known for developing the Automatic Packet Reporting System In an email to the AMSAT Bulletin Board he says: We are considering an HF transponder for our next long range CUBESAT mission 1) APRS 1200 baud for command and control and APRS on 145.825 2) PSK-31 multi-user SSB uplink on 29 MHz and FM down link on 145.825 3) 29 MHz uplink and 24 MHz downlink SSB transponder Canadian circus chief to visit ISS The BBC reports that the founder of the circus performance group, Guy Laliberte, 49, will travel to the International Space Station on a Russian The Quebec-based billionaire will become the seventh private citizen to visit Read the full BBC news story at WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES ALL REGIONS The Sunraysia 500 Off-Road race at Tapio Station, NSW, is on again. For more details contact:Peter Norris peternor...@bigpond.com Horse Riding next weekend The Townsville Endurance Riders and Arabian Horse Association are having the If you are available contact Blue VK4FBLU SOCIAL SCENE International Telecommunication Union's Telecom World 2009. July 11 - 12 VK3 July 18 VK3 August 2 vk6 SEP 13 SEP 25 - 27 VK4 The Central Highland Amateur Radio Club Annual General Meeting at OCT 12 - 16 ZL Oct 31 - Nov 1 sunny coast's October Camp Catch-up at Maidenwell Observatory Brisbane valley 2010 THE FINAL FINAL We the WIA news would again ask that all WIA officials who are planning Today as we leave we thank for their inputVK2ARA VK2EX Please think of the environment before printing this email WIANews - we've reported...YOU decide. 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Corella LOGAN WEST Meeting day:- 1st Wednesday of every month (except January) Good Morning Listeners this is Peter VK4OD Last week I asked for some assistance with our communications for the 21st We are in need of some more assistance from the Brisbane, Ipswich and If any operators have a potential new candidate for the F call etc bring Most of the check points last for about 3 hours or so. Due to the higher cost of Fuel, vouchers will be the order of the day. If you can assist please call me on 0418 188 688 or Email tovk...@wia.org.au Redcliffe and District Radio Club Hello I'm Ray VK4CF with news from Redcliffe Radio Club. The club's AGM will be held on Monday 15 June 2009. The meeting will commence There is also a reminder that membership fees are due, and these fees can be 4 assessors and 7 students were at the clubhouse last Sunday to conduct All students then completed their practical exams. One successful student was Peter VK4EA, undertook the difficult task of ensuring that all the paperwork Currently club members are currently assisting in providing communications Last Monday night an impromptu satellite communication demonstration was set So until next week with the details of the new committee, this is Ray VK4CF. ************************************************** A blank email with word unsubscribe in subject field A blank email with word subscribe in subject field ************************************************** ************************************************** PAGE_END
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VK3RTV test success. - All up and coming in this edition of WIANEWS for week
commencing June 14 2009.
holding an Advanced licence may now apply to ACMA for a variation of their
licence to allow operation on a secondary basis in the band 135.7 - 137.8 kHz.
be made on ACMA form R057 (downloadable from the ACMA website) to the
Licensing, Allocations and Information Section, National Licensing and
Allocation Branch, PO Box 78, Belconnen, ACT 2616 accompanied by the ACMA feeof $41.
amateur operation on this LF band, allocated to the amateur service at the
ITU's WRC in 2007, but has not yet amended the Amateur LCD or the Visiting
Amateurs Class Licence to allow operation due, it says, to a lack of
resources, and does not see itself being able to further progress the matter
before the end of the current year.
the necessary additional condition could be included in the licence as it was
renewed, but again ACMA has advised that this would involve additional
resources better applied in other directions.
Advanced licensee who applies for a variation of his or her licence to allow
operation on this band.
WIA meeting had been scheduled for last Sunday 7th June, the WIA represented
by Peter Young, VK3MV WIA Director and Peter Mill VK3ZPP, the WIA's Repeater
and Beacon Coordinator, hosted a forum of amateur repeater builders andmaintainers.
identified interference issues between repeaters along the NSW coastal
areas and the need to explore future spectrum options for new digitaltechnologies.
amateur spectrum in the 2 meter VHF band and to a lesser degree in the
70cm UHF band is very congested or not available for new technologies.
issues and how other IARU Regions have tackled similar problems, which
stimulated further discussion of the issues. The outcome lead to some
positive steps forward for the need to explore better use of CTCSS tone
code to protect FM repeaters from unwanted incidental interference, a
tentative way forward to address adjacent FM channel interference issues
from D-Star mobiles and the development of 12.5 kHz plans for repeaters
and simplex channels for wider discussion in the amateur community.
in the early 1970's where the foundations of today's existing band plans
for repeaters were made. Time and technology moves on.
an rss feed. There are many RSS reader applications, one of these is infact
Apples iTunes application so if you use iTunes or own an iPod then you will be
able to find the WIA news feed via the iTunes store.
automatically download the very latest WIA news MP3 file and text edition and
have it all ready and waiting for you to read, play or broadcast. So you no
longer have to click the download button each week. All you need is some RSS
software on your computer and to subscribe you simply point your chosen RSS
software to the URL or RSS web address which is provided at the top of the WIA
news broadcast web page on the WIA website. And the rest happens automatically
outline of planned events.
official WIA celebrations.
Institute of Wireless Telegraphy on 11 March 1910.
1971 and the site is now the MLC centre.
by a Sydney civic dignitary.
Meeting. Special guests and representatives of the IARU and overseas societies
will be invited. Activities will be spread over the weekend with possibly
something on the Friday. This suggests something in the style of this year's
AGM combined with GippsTech.
public functions with a "100th birthday of amateur radio" theme. With a bit of
coordination the WIA will attempt to be represented at as many "birthday"
celebrations as possible.
questions or ideas can contact me via email on vk2...@wia.org.au
anniversary for a very loved member of the amateur community.
starting a long and still ongoing love of amateur radio.
the local schoolteacher, boarded with her parents. Of course Ivor soon had his
rig set up and Mavis and her brother Artie began to learn Morse and radio
theory. Eventually Mavis passed her AOCP and received her callsign on June 6th1939.
husband. Within 3 months and 110 contacts war intervened and her gear was
stored for the duration.
finally settling in 1951 in what was to become their permanent location -Byron St. Box Hill.
by Mavis with the card sorting and posting. DX working increased over the
years and Mavis gained first place in the 1958 YL/OM Contest using CW. She had
joined YLRL, the American YL association in 1950 and was usually on air during
their Contests. Over the years, using both SSB and CW, Mavis has won 8 gold
cups, 1 silver cup, 6 plaques, over 100 YLRL certificates and numerous other
awards. She has made many DX friends, some of whom she met in 1974 when shevisited the USA.
YL associations, and is No 62 Old Timer. In 1966 she was invited to join the
First Class CW Operators Club, one of the very few ladies to be asked.
Life Member in 1982. She and Ivor compiled the first edition of ALARA's
history, which was published in 1989.
her retirement unit on a 35 ft. wire over the roof tiles.
commemorative plaque from ALARA and a certificate from the WIA to mark this
auspicious occasion, Mavis's 70 years as a radio amateur.
VK3
web service:- http://www.amateurradio.com.au/news/
VKC Roundup http://www.police
jokingly called "Ark's Academy" it is run by a group of active radio amateurs
to support and increase the numbers in amateur radio.
web service local news:- www.wiaq.com/qnews/upload/qnewsbcast.htm
local news email qnews-vk-subscr...@yahoogroups.comVKR Roundup
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/News+and+Alerts/Media+Releases/
during the June Long Weekend with excellent weather!
on the TARC Blunderbus BBQ including Mackerel fillets fresh from the Coral Sea
provided by sports fishermen who were also staying in the park for the weekend.
first VK-Shires contest with the very long wire into the VK4FNQ Commemorative
Tree working efficiently.
skill by Dale VK4DMC. What does the Q-Code QTR? mean ? If you can answer that
then you would have had one of the trivia questions correct.
from Friday June 11 to Monday June 14 2010 inclusive.
The resort is now taking bookings on 1800 005633.
local area news :- http://reast.asn.au/news.php
vk7 local news, email vk7regionalnews-subscr...@yahoogroups.com
present. These were as follows -
which reflects the wide municipal areas that the club serves.
and members a much improved legal situation in these modern litigioustimes.
Tasmanian model rules. The new rules will now provide a much clearer
framework for the club to go forward into the future.
and Standard licenses at 7:30 pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms. Please let
Reg VK7KK know if you are interested in attending.
Saturday June 20th starting at 9 am.
10 weeks starting around the end of June please let Reg know. It could be on
a Tuesday or Friday night. Please indicate if either of these nights isunsuitable.
email: reg...@ozemail.com.au
new name thanks to a sixth-grade student from Kansas. Twelve-year-old
Clara Ma from the Sunflower Elementary school in Lenexa submitted the
winning entry, "Curiosity."
attracted more than 9,000 proposals via the Internet and mail. The naming
contest was conducted in partnership with Disney-Pixar's animated film"WALL-E."
me get out of bed in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw
at me that day," Ma wrote in her winning essay. "Curiosity is such a
powerful force. Without it, we wouldn't be who we are today. Curiosity is
the passion that drives us through our everyday lives. We have become
explorers and scientists with our need to ask questions and to wonder."
Mission Directorate in Washington.
www.nasa.gov/msl
Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART and the WW sources of the WIA.
RAE Examination. Congratulations to all successful candidates.
The oldest candidate was E Smook, ZR2ES, from Port Elizabeth who is 74 years,
youngest candidate was R Preston ZU4RP from Vanderbijlpark who is 9 years old.
have access to 14.225 to 14.350 MHz
[from Ganesh VU2TS]
sponsoring the second International Ham Sahara International Meeting
throughout this month.
the international Algerian Sahara HAM Meeting. Activity will be on all bands
using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and digital modes.
and G7VCG in a motor smash on the M61.
the brother of former England cricket captain Mike Atherton has been arrested
on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
fatal-motorway-crash.html
David Wilson, M0OBW to serve as RSGB President for 2010 and 2011.
portfolio on the RSGB Board. He is also very active in the Train the
Trainer programme. A formal announcement of the appointment will
appear in the August 2009 edition of RadCom.
ComReg informing them that the lifetime licenses which will begin to be
issued this month with an effective date of June 1st.
Experimenter Licenses.
showed that of the nations major ham radio clubs only two were totally
opposed to the idea. The others agreed that on balance the change was at
worst neutral and at best beneficial.
doing work on an amateur radio repeater.
"Apparently they had a thunderstorm roll through, and sounds like they had a
proximity lightning strike and it apparently affected one of the guys that was
working up there," said Tim. "He was saying it felt like he was hit in the
back of the head with a baseball bat."
the Weather Service and know that in situations like this, safety isparamount.
shouldn't have been in. But tonight the weather proved to be deceiving.
JUN 27 - 28 MUSEUMS WEEKEND PART b
air" on the weekend of the 20th and 21st. He'll be working from the
Furneaux Historical Research Association Museum at Emita on Flinders Island,
using a Swan 350 with squid pole and G5RV antennas.
QSOs that you make will count towards you obtaining IOTA awards (OC195).
This as the first Egyptian Lighthouse DXpedition on Ras El-Bar Island from
August 1st to the 9th.
(Southgate)
hf nets ON the net, www.timroberts-vk4yeh.id.au/
that prompted their independence. until July 31
Drive Time Net, You can access this net on the Australian EchoLink Conference
server AUSSIE, on node 95092 or IRLP 9509. The AUSSIE Conference server has
been set up by myself and the links to IRLP by Tony VK3JED. Join in and make
yourself known! This informal net operates Monday to Friday between 4 and 7pm
Sydney Time. The Aussie Conference is also a great place to park your EchoLink
or IRLP node if you want to just listen in to the daily chatter.
r3msc_i...@rediffmail.com
Robert E. Knowles, ZL1BAD.
VK3TZE Jimmy intrud...@wiavic.org.auVK5EV John
VK7BBW Paul vk7...@bigpond.com
Friday 0730 UTC 7.065.5 with VK4CEU David.
14.000 to 14.250
14.250 to 14.350 No broadcasters21.000 to 21.450
24.890 to 24.99028.000 to 29.700
evening hours, then you may have noticed some interference.
7,165kHz, or sometimes on 7,175kHz, a powerful wideband rushing
noise, which is some 15kHz wide. Also very faintly you can hear the
carrier of a program below the jammer. The culprit is Radio Ethiopia.
It is jamming Voice of the Broad Masses from Eritrea on 7,165kHz.
example Deutsche Welle, on 15 and 11MHz. The jamming uses a
rectangular white noise signal that is some 10 to 16kHz wide. In 2008
Ethiopia commissioned three or four new transmitters, some of which
are regularly used for jamming unwanted programmes.
www.wiaq.com/admin/uploads/weeklytally.rtf
www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WorldRadio.html
Don't leave it too long, or they will be all sold out. This is the issue with
a full report on the AGM of the Wireless Institute last month. And it tells
who got all the awards (see page 24 for full details).
confabulation. Now that the WIA has refined and bedded down its procedures
for handling the call-sign system on behalf of ACMA, one or two curious
little anomalies have emerged around the renewal rules. Read President
Michael Owen VK3KI on page 3, where he explains these traps for the unwary
and how to avoid them.
are talking about Nicholas O'Sullivan VK4FNIC. And yes, the article is on
page 11, too, written by his proud Dad, Shaun O'Sullivan VK4FY and the rest
of the family. The Redcliffe Radio Club had a big hand in all this, but the
real credit belongs to Nicholas, making him the youngest FL in Queensland.Well done, Nicholas!
VK3KI. There is more on this topic on page 26, focussed on the GippsTech -
Special Edition proceedings, and presented by Peter Freeman VK3KAI. Get a
précis of all the activities that made it such an outstanding weekend,
written by the man who organized the whole thing. And illustrated by lots ofgood pictures.
about satellite antennas and propagation requirements, turn straight to
polarization and what to expect if a left-hand-circular tries to receive
from a right-hand-circular antenna.
exceedingly well with at least eight stations receiving the VK3RTV repeatersignal noise free.
sales, after the highly successful debut of digital amateur television
transmission from the Melbourne digital amateur television test a huge
success repeater VK3RTV on Mt Dandenong east of Melbourne.
of high quality pictures received more than 40 kilometres away.
showed the new DVB-T digital standard equipment to the viewers.
as far away as Europe and North America.
Radio Victoria, with the WIA Club Grants Scheme providing $1,000 support.
planned. The date and time will be announced.
www.amateurradio.com.au/node/660
television boards, began at 11am (AEST or Melbourne time) with colour bars
enabling viewers to tune their set-top boxes.
occurring at the same time as commercial and government stations in Australia
are just finding their way with the same digital medium.
446.5 MHz. One viewer saw it using a miniature USB DVB-T receiver connected tohis computer.
mostly ran at about 8-watts during the test.
(southgate)
Australian Coordinator for TCPIP domains is Indy vk...@wia.org.au
Radio Club has just completed an interesting month long test,
President Toby Corbett VK3PNF said that the club could really see the benefits
of D-Star, DPRS, linking and being connected to the world wide network.
Kent Southern England were there most days supporting the test plus all the
Melbourne D-Star users as it was simulcast linked with WIA National repeaterVK3RWN.
Tocumwal NSW, Echuca, Rutherglen, across to Wangaratta and Benalla, west to
Bendigo and as far south as Kyneton. The repeater was even heard at
Calder Park, and north of Finley NSW
So What's next ?
70cm repeater D-Star Repeater to set up on Mt Wombat, replacing the analogue
VK3RGV UHF Repeater, providing its members the opportunity to experiment withD-Star
(Peter VK3TQ)
2nd Sunday each month.
April through October 1000 UTC 3.685 MHz
November through March 0900 UTC 7.068 MHz
Satellites, has floated a proposal for a satellite with a 29 MHz to 24 MHzlinear transponder.
planning. It can have three modes:
(southgate)
Cirque du Soleil, will visit the International Space Station (ISS) inSeptember.
The report says:
Soyuz for a flight estimated to cost at least $25m US.
the ISS since April 2001.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8083336.stm
(SOUTHGATE)
21.360 - 18.160 - 14.300 - 7.060 - 3.760 MHz.
REGION 2 TRY ALSO 3.985 - 7.240 - 7.290
Looking for operators, particularly packet. 25^th and 26^th of July,
Saturday afternoon and Sunday. 2m voice and 70cm packet, if you missed
your camping weekend at Sea Lake this year, here's your opportunity tomake it up.
VK3JUG
0437 093 475
Lifestyle Constructions NQ Bluewater 100/40/20/5 Endurance Ride next weekend
20-21 June and have asked theTARCinc members to provide logistic communication
support for the event.
(telephone 47754184)
2009
GippsTech 2009, the technical conference with a VHF, UHF & microwave focus.
Gippsland Gate Radio & Electronics Club Hamfest 10.00 am
Cranbourne Public Hall
Northern Corridor Radio Group's WA Hamfest. Cyril Jackson Rec Centre
Fisher st Ashfield, WA email vk...@wia.org.au
Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society Hamfest 9:30am.
Goodwood Community Centre, Rosa St Goodwood.
Camp Fairbairn near Emerald. For further information contact Secretary
Gordon Loveday VK4KAL on telephone 07 49854168
14th IARU R3 Conference Christchurch 12 ? 16 October 2009.
Details at www.christchurch.org.nz/
The Region 3 Web Site: www.jarl.or.jp/iaru-r3/
west of Yarraman. More info from Noel VK4NL
JAN 24 VK2
Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group's Radio Expo 2010 8.30am St Johns Church
Hall, Mc Lean Street Coffs Harbour.
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the members may be interested in or even should know about, please
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Radio news. This week, GCEG is pleased to welcome 2 new members to the group.
Gavin, VK2FGLA/4 and Dave VK4TDJ joined the group at last Thursday's monthly
meeting. Glad to have you on board, Gavin and Dave.
Radio Club is that it appears that Gympie is heading towards once again having
an operational 70cm repeater. GCEG already holds the licence and now it is a
matter of completing the formalities with QTAC and ACMA and another facility
will be available to amateurs in the Gympie area.
heard in the CW sections of the bands. To help any one wanting to refresh
their skills or indeed to learn Morse, our senior member, Alan, VK4AEB is
offering coaching and without a computer or decoding device to be seen.
better promote the hobby can obtain the form from the GCEG website or
alternatively if you have a point that you would like included in the group
submission, please contact Geoff, VK4ZPP.
the seasonal viruses. We wish you a speedy recovery, Jason.
repeater, 146.725MHz and this is informally followed by SSTV activity via theEasy pal system.
IRLP node 6402
of this month in which the Logan west Amateur Radio club is suppling
communications for the "Big Country Endurance Horse ride", which is held in
the Spring Mountain estate South East of the Greenbank area. To those that
replied I say thank you, however to ease the load on those that are
committed we would like some more operators.
Gold Cost area Amateurs, and or CB operators. The newly issued F call
operators are more than welcome to participate.
them along for the training.
www.redclifferadioclub.org.au/
Redcliffe and District Radio Club
at 8 pm with the voting-in of the new committee.
paid before the meeting. Members are also reminded to bring a plate for
supper after the meeting.
foundation licence exams. 6 out of 7 students passed their theory exams.
The student who missed out, missed out by only one question and he said
that he would be back to get it right next time.
the daughter of club member's Graham, VK4JGH and Margaret VK4MH. Mum and Dad
were certainly proud of their daughter, Elizabeth and were certainly pleased
to have another amateur in the family.
and monies were completed correctly. After a 9 am start, all students and
assessors finally left the clubhouse by 4 pm, tired but pleased with the day'sresults.
with the Sunshine Coast Radio club for the Great Queensland Bike ride. The
bike rally commenced at 8am this morning and Redcliffe club members are
monitoring the bike route from the start in Brisbane to Caboolture before the
Sunshine Coast members look after the cyclists until they reach the Sunshine
Coast early in the afternoon.
up by John VK4BZ. Last Monday night 3 satellites passed over Brisbane and
John was successful in contacting 2 of the three satellites. One contact made
was to Bob VK2AOR via the Fuji Oscar 29. Members were certainly impressed
with the contact but were disappointed as John was not able to contact the
international space station.
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